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2024 JERLOV MEDAL. The Oceanography Society is pleased to announce that Professor Dariusz Stramski of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has been selected as the 2024 recipient of the Nils Gunnar Jerlov Medal. > READ MORE
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Over 360 colleagues from the ocean optics community will gather for the Ocean Optics XXVI Conference this October. The schedule-at-a-glance is available here, and the detailed program and abstracts will be posted on the website within the next several weeks. The conference welcomes onsite registrations for those who want to learn about the latest developments in the field and network with colleagues from the international community.
Building on the momentum of hosting over 5,500 attendees in New Orleans last month, we’re excited to announce that Glasgow, Scotland, UK, will be the host city for OSM26! The event will be held in February 2026 at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC), located on the bank of the River Clyde.
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GRAD STUDENT/EARLY CAREER RESOURCES
Visit TOS’s Grad Student/Early Career Resources page where you will find graduate student and early career job and fellowship links, shiptime opportunities, and helpful articles and websites…
STUDENT HIGHLIGHT
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CAREER PROFILES: OPTIONS AND INSIGHTS
View nearly 100 career profiles of ocean scientists with careers outside of academia. These profiles are intended to advise ocean sciences graduate students about career options other than teaching and/or research in a university setting…
NAVIGATING GRAD SCHOOL
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UNDERGRAD STUDENT RESOURCES
Visit TOS’s Undergrad Student Resources page for lists of opportunities and recommended reading…
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Featured Resources
Disseminating Knowledge of Oceanography and Its Application
Twenty Years of GEOTRACES
This special issue of Oceanography focuses on GEOTRACES: An International Study of the Marine Biogeochemical Cycles of Trace Elements and Isotopes.
Sea Grant: Science Serving America’s Coastlines and People
This special issue of Oceanography details the National Sea Grant College Program’s contributions to enhancing the use and conservation of US coastal, marine, and Great Lakes resources.
Building Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Ocean Sciences
This special issue of Oceanography explores many avenues for building DEI in the ocean sciences.
Building Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Ocean Sciences Autobiographical Sketches
This supplement to Oceanography presents short autobiographies from a diverse group of ocean scientists.
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
This special issue of Oceanography explores 50 years of innovative research in oceanography
Frontiers in Ocean Observing
Emerging Technologies for Understanding and Managing a Changing Ocean—A 2023 Supplement to Oceanography
The New Arctic Ocean
This special issue of Oceanography explores the profound changes that are occuring to the Arctic Ocean and the many follow-on consequences.
DIY Oceanography
Presenting homemade sensors or instruments that you can build, or build upon.
Hands-On Oceanography
Providing peer-reviewed activities for undergraduate and/or graduate classes in oceanography.
Career Profiles
Providing advice to ocean sciences graduate students about career options outside of the university setting.
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Featured Articles
Consensus Around a Common Definition of Atlantic Overturning Will Promote Progress
By N.P. Foukal and L. Chafik
This commentary highlights that the coordinate system used to define the AMOC matters, not only for understanding physical processes and past variations that remain elusive, but also for physically appropriate monitoring of its future evolution…
Building Stakeholder Response Capacity to Marine Heatwaves
By A.J. Hobday et al.
As a result of several virtual national marine climate briefings undertaken in Australia in response to the forecast 2023/2024 El Niño, targeted information products, additional regional and sector-specific briefings, and state response plans were developed…
Observing Ocean Boundary Currents: Lessons Learned from Six Regions
By N.K. Ayoub et al.
This article provides a brief overview of a virtual dialogue series that discussed six boundary current systems, including users and the observational and modeling components needed to achieve scientific, operational, and societal goals…
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